TIPSfolk,
I highly suggest that anyone teaching adolescence or even developmental take
a look at Mike Males' two books: Scapegoat Generation (1994?) and Framing
Youth: 10 Myths about the Next Generation (1999?).
He describes how adolescents are unfairly targeted as the source of
violence, drugs, sex, and whatever else you can think of when it is actually
young adults.
Harris only offers weak substantiation that has been refuted by many of the
big cheeses in psychology (e.g., Maccoby and Steinberg).
Rob Weisskirch
Rob Weisskirch, MSW, Ph.D.
Department of Child and Adolescent Studies
California State University, Fullerton
P.O. Box 6868
Fullerton, CA 92834-6868
(714) 278-2896
http://faculty.fullerton.edu/rweisskirch
